Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Hyunju K Connor

(RESEARCH AST, FIELDS AND PARTICLES)

Hyunju K Connor's Contact Card & Information.
Email: hyunju.k.connor@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.286.7417
Org Code: 673
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 673
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Brief Bio


  • Research Astrophysicist (2022 - present), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
  • Associate Professor (2021 - 2022), University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
  • Assistant Professor (2017 - 2021), University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
  • Postdoctoral researcher (2014 - 2017), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (2012 - 2014), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Education


  • Ph.D. in Physics, 2012, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA.
  • M.S. in Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, 2004, Kyungpook National University, South Korea.
  • B.S. in Physics, 2002, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.
  • B.S. in Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, 2002, Kyungpook National University, South Korea.


Professional Service


  • AGU SPA DEI committee member, Dec 2022 - present
  • Deputy Mission Scientist of the NASA TRACERS mission, May 2022 – present
  • GEM Encourage & Elevate Mentoring Program Lead Organizer, Jan 2021 – present
  • GEM workshop steering committee member, Jun 2018 – present
  • SMILE modeling working group chair, Mar 2018 – present
  • GEM focus group leader, Dec 2016 – Jun 2022
  • Science and Technology Definition Team member for NASA next LWS spacecraft mission “Geospace Dynamics Constellation”, May 2018 – Aug 2019
  • GEM-CEDAR joint workshop organization member, 2018 – 2019
  • Convener of AGU, GEM, CEDAR, and SMILE meetings.
  • Review panel member and external reviewer of NASA & NSF proposals.
  • Reviewer of JGR and GRL papers and AGU books.
  • Referee of AGU fellow nominee and University laboratory staff.
  • External reviewer of University research faculty promotion.
  • Judge for student presentation awards at the AGU, EGU, and GEM meetings.

Awards


  • NASA Robert H. Goddard Honor Award of Science, 2023, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • T. K. Moore Award for excellence in research and collaboration, 2020, UAF Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, USA
  • NASA Heliophysics Peer Award, 2016, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • NSF AGS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2015, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.
  • NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship, 2014, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
  • Outstanding Student Paper Award, 2011, American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Best Poster Award, 2009, International School for Space Simulation 9, France.
  • National Ph.D. Fellowship, 2005, Korean Science and Engineering Foundation, South Korea.
  • KNU President Award (Summa cum laude), 2002, Kyungpook National University, South Korea.

Publications


Refereed

2023. "Quantifying the global solar wind-magnetosphere interaction with the Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM) mission concept." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 10 [10.3389/fspas.2023.1138616] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "EXOSpy: A python package to investigate the terrestrial exosphere and its FUV emission." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 10 [10.3389/fspas.2023.1082150] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Global Driving of Auroral Precipitation: 1. Balance of Sources." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 127 (7): [10.1029/2022ja030323] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Revisiting the Ground Magnetic Field Perturbations Challenge: A Machine Learning Perspective." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 9 [10.3389/fspas.2022.869740] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Multi-Variate LSTM Prediction of Alaska Magnetometer Chain Utilizing a Coupled Model Approach." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 9 [10.3389/fspas.2022.846291] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Solar Minimum Exospheric Neutral Density Near the Subsolar Magnetopause Estimated From the XMM Soft X‐Ray Observations on 12 November 2008." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 127 (3): [10.1029/2021ja029676] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "A Survey of Uncertainty Quantification in Machine Learning for Space Weather Prediction." Geosciences 12 (1): 27 [10.3390/geosciences12010027] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Isolated Proton Aurora Driven by EMIC Pc1 Wave: PWING, Swarm, and NOAA POES Multi‐Instrument Observations." Geophysical Research Letters 48 (18): [10.1029/2021gl095090] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Global Survey of Electron Precipitation due to Hiss Waves in the Earth’s Plasmasphere and Plumes." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 126 (8): [10.1029/2021ja029644] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Changes in the Magnetic Field Topology and the Dayside/Nightside Reconnection Rates in Response to a Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Front: A Case Study." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 126 (7): [10.1029/2020ja028768] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Terrestrial exospheric dayside H-density profile at 3–15 R<sub>e</sub> from UVIS/HDAC and TWINS Lyman-α data combined." [10.5194/angeo-2021-36] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "The Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector (CuPID) CubeSat Observatory: Mission Overview." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 126 (4): [10.1029/2020ja029015] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Soft X‐ray and ENA Imaging of the Earth's Dayside Magnetosphere." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 126 (3): [10.1029/2020ja028816] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Comparison of Deep Learning Techniques to Model Connections Between Solar Wind and Ground Magnetic Perturbations." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 7 [10.3389/fspas.2020.550874] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Deriving the Magnetopause Position from the Soft X‐Ray Image by Using the Tangent Fitting Approach." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 125 (9): [10.1029/2020ja028169] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Global Survey of Plasma Sheet Electron Precipitation due to Whistler Mode Chorus Waves in Earth's Magnetosphere." Geophysical Research Letters 47 (15): [10.1029/2020gl088798] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "All Hands on Deck for Ionospheric Modeling." Eos 101 [10.1029/2020eo144365] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Exospheric Neutral Hydrogen Density at the Nominal 10  R E Subsolar Point Deduced From XMM‐Newton X‐Ray Observations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 124 (3): 1612-1624 [10.1029/2018ja026187] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Magnetopause Surface Reconstruction From Tangent Vector Observations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 123 (12): [10.1029/2018ja025763] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "MMS/FEEPS Observations of Electron Microinjections Due to Kelvin‐Helmholtz Waves and Flux Transfer Events: A Case Study." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 123 (7): 5364-5378 [10.1029/2018ja025244] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Imaging Plasma Density Structures in the Soft X-Rays Generated by Solar Wind Charge Exchange with Neutrals." Space Science Reviews 214 (4): 79 [10.1007/s11214-018-0504-7] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "High-Latitude Thermosphere Neutral Density Response to Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Enhancement." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 122 (11): 11,559-11,578 [10.1002/2017ja023889] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Modeling the ionosphere-thermosphere response to a geomagnetic storm using physics-based magnetospheric energy input: OpenGGCM-CTIM results." J. Space Weather Space Clim. 6 A25 [10.1051/swsc/2016019] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Wide field-of-view soft X-ray imaging for solar wind-magnetosphere interactions." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 121 (4): 3353-3361 [10.1002/2016ja022348] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "THE SOLAR WIND CHARGE-EXCHANGE PRODUCTION FACTOR FOR HYDROGEN." The Astrophysical Journal 808 (2): 143 [10.1088/0004-637x/808/2/143] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Relation between cusp ion structures and dayside reconnection for four IMF clock angles: OpenGGCM‐LTPT results." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 120 (6): 4890-4906 [10.1002/2015ja021156] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "The relation between transpolar potential and reconnection rates during sudden enhancement of solar wind dynamic pressure: OpenGGCM-CTIM results." JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS 119 3411-3429 [10.1002/2013JA019728] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Dynamic modeling of cusp ion structures." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 117 (A4): [10.1029/2011ja017203] [Journal Article/Letter]

Selected Public Outreach


Space Weather UnderGround (SWUG)

October 2020 - Present

Space Weather UnderGround (SWUG) is an educational outreach program that high school and undergraduate students build an array of magnetometers across the United States for space weather research.